''The First Polka'' (german: Die erste Polka) is a 1979 West German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by Klaus Emmerich. It was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival. It is an adaptation of ''The First Polka: A Novel'' by

Horst Bienek Horst Bienek (May 7, 1930 in Gliwice, Gleiwitz – December 7, 1990 in Munich) was a German novelist and poet. Life Born in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Germany (today Gliwice, Poland), Bienek was forced to leave there in 1945, when Germans were F ...

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Maria Schell Maria Margarethe Anna Schell (15 January 1926 – 26 April 2005) was an Austrian-Swiss actress. She was one of the leading stars of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1954, she was awarded the Cannes Best Actress Award for her performance ...

– Valeska Piontek *

Erland Josephson Erland Josephson (; 15 June 1923 – 25 February 2012) was a Swedish actor and author. He was best known by international audiences for his work in films directed by Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky and Theodoros Angelopoulos. Life and career ...

– Leo Maria Piontek *

Guido Wieland Guido Wieland (1906–1993) was an Austrian stage, film and television actor.Mitchell p.92 Selected filmography * ''1. April 2000'' (1952) * '' Adventure in Vienna'' (1952) * '' The Doctor's Secret'' (1955) * ''Scandal in Bad Ischl'' (1957) * '' ...

– Montag *

Ernst Stankovski Ernst Stankovski (16 June 1928 – 26 January 2022) was an Austrian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films since 1949. Stankovski died in Klosterneuburg on 26 January 2022, at the age of 93. Selected filmography Television Series ...

– Wondrak – Anwalt *

Claus Theo Gärtner Claus Theo Gärtner (born 19 April 1943) is a German television actor mainly known for his role as Josef Matula, the main character in the German detective show series ''Ein Fall für Zwei'' (''A Case For Two''). Gärtner spent his youth in Aus ...

– Metzmacher – Feldwebel * René Schell – Josef Piontek * Marco Kröger – Andreas * Miriam Geissler – Ulla * Eva Maria Bauer – Tante Lucie * Jan Biczycki – Erzpriester Pattas * Marie Bardischewski – Wassermilka * Regine Lamster – Irma * Markus Stolberg – Leutnant Heiko * Jessica Früh – Halina * Ursula Strätz – Witwe Zoppas

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* 1979 films 1979 drama films 1970s German-language films West German films German drama films Films about Nazi Germany Films based on German novels Films directed by Klaus Emmerich Films set in 1939 1970s German films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub